Entity loading implemented.

[chaz/carfire] / CarFire / leveleditor / doc / leveleditor.txt

diff --git a/CarFire/leveleditor/doc/leveleditor.txt b/CarFire/leveleditor/doc/leveleditor.txt
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--- a/CarFire/leveleditor/doc/leveleditor.txt
+++ b/CarFire/leveleditor/doc/leveleditor.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ objects and whatnot.  For example, if I wanted to place a monster on the
 map using the `A' character, I would create a section of the file named `A'\r
 and then place one or more `A' characters in the |leveleditor-maptable|\r
 section at the coordinates where I want the monsters to be created when the\r
-map file is loaded.\r
+map file is loaded.  The static scenery at the places where entities are\r
+placed is determined by the `defaulttile' key in the |leveleditor-metadata|\r
+section.\r
 \r
 You can also use the same definitions to place identical copies of the same\r
 entity at different locations on the map.  This is what allows you to\r
@@ -117,6 +119,17 @@ although you are limited to only 52 different types of entities per level.
 By the way, these sections can appear anywhere in the file, either before\r
 or after the |leveleditor-maptable| section.\r
 \r
+There is also a way to place entities on the map without putting its\r
+identifying character in the |leveleditor-maptable| section.  You might\r
+want to do this if you want to place an entity at some cell on the map that\r
+you don't want to be the default tile.  This is accomplished by listing\r
+the coordinates where entities should be place after the `create' key.\r
+Sometime during the map loading process, entities defined with this key and\r
+one or more valid sets of coordinates will be made available to the game in\r
+the usual manner, just as if its identifier was put on the map.  The\r
+difference is, you can put any (open) static scenery you want at those\r
+locations.\r
+\r
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 B. Basic Syntax                                        *leveleditor-syntax*\r
 \r